• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

MMA Payout

The Business of Combat Sports

  • Home
  • MMA
    • UFC
    • Bellator
    • One
    • PFL
  • Boxing
  • Legal
  • Ratings
  • Payouts
  • Attendance
  • Gate

Bellator 155 peaks at 916,000 viewers

May 25, 2016 by Jason Cruz 2 Comments

Bellator 155 last Friday peaked at 916,000 viewers per Nielsen.  The main event between Rafael Carvahlho and Melvin Manhoef averaged 812,000 viewers.

The overall event, factoring in the adjusted numbers, came to 715,000 viewers and was the second most-watched live sporting event on last Friday.

Peak viewership for last 3 Bellators

Bellator 153: Henderson-Koreshkov 1.1M viewers

Bellator 154: Davis-King Mo 1.3M viewers

Bellator 155: Carvahlho-Manhoef 916,000 viewers

Payout Perspective:

Bellator 155 was not the best of cards and yet it did pretty well in the ratings.  Comparing the peak viewership, it is slightly off the last couple Bellator events.  But, those ratings included known fighters in those main events.  While Manhoef might be a fighter you might know, it’s not someone you would usually see in a main event.

Filed Under: Bellator MMA, DVR+3, ratings, Spike, TV

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Wil says

    May 26, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    damn good numbers!

    Reply
  2. Combo says

    May 26, 2016 at 7:55 pm

    Nice.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Featured

Senate makes mockery of Ali Act hearing

Wrestlemania 42 attendance dips from 2025

How will WWE’s big weekend turn out?

UFC 327 attendance, gate and bonuses

Plaintiffs seeking $270K from Dominance MMA

UFC Seattle attendance, gate and bonuses

Archives

MMA Payout Follow

MMAPayout

UFC fighter Tim Means arrested on child abuse charge via @MMAJunkie

Retweet on Twitter MMA Payout Retweeted

De'Zhaun Stribling, the San Francisco 49ers’ second-round pick, has greatness in the family 😤

His uncle, Don "The Rock" Muraco is a WWE Hall of Fame legend.

They got rid of the Wyatt 6

Retweet on Twitter MMA Payout Retweeted

The US trademark office shows the Lucha Underground trademark (and a bunch associated with it) were transferred from the old Lucha Libre FMV company to a new holding company three years ago. There's been no recent activity.

Load More

Copyright © 2026 · MMA Payout: The Business of Combat Sports